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Setting up Rclone
Rclone should already be installed in BitCurator but if you are transferring content that you need to log in to access, you'll need to do some additional set up to connect to cloud storage service. This will have to be repeated for each cloud storage service and possibly reconnected if some time has passed between the last time you've used Rclone. Below lists the general set up process with sections for specific cloud storage providers used in practice so far. If there is a cloud storage provider you need to access that's not covered below, please contact the digital archivist.
General setup
- Open the terminal on the left-hand side of the BitCurator desktop
Type "rclone config" and hit enter
- Type "new" or "n" for new remote, i.e. new cloud service
- Enter a name for the cloud serve (e.g. dropbox)
- Choose the number that is listed in the terminal for cloud service you named in step 4. (e.g. dropbox is (fill in blank))
- Hit enter for questions about client id and client secret to accept the defaults
- Type "no" and hit enter for the advanced config question
- Type "y" and hit enter for the auto config option
- A link will appear in the terminal, highlight and copy it. Paste the link into your internet browser.
- On the page that pops up, choose the option to authorize Rclone access
- Return to the terminal, if you see "got code" as part of the output above, type "y" for "this is ok" and hit enter
- Type "q" and hit enter to quit if done setting up cloud connections.